Reno was timing Johnny while the brunette ran the obstacle course when Rufus was wheeled in by his secretary.

"Sir." Reno said, standing up.

"I need you to gather the Turks together and go on a mission." The President replied.

"But sir…the new recruit has just started training."

"Train him along the way." The President replied. "In any case this won't be a hard mission. Just get him a suit and come to my office for further instructions."

"Yessir." Reno saluted.

The secretary turned Rufus' wheelchair around and wheeled the President out. Reno sighed and turned back to Johnny.

"Johnny! C'mere!"

The brunette was halfway up the climbing wall when Reno called to him. He finished climbing the wall then slid down the other side before running over to Reno.

"What is it?" He asked.

"Orders from the President. We're going to get you a Turks suit then proceed to the Presidential Office for orders." Reno replied.

"But…my training."

"I'll give you pointers on the way. Come on."

Reno grabbed a towel and tossed it at Johnny. The man dabbed the sweat from his forehead then took a sip of his bottled water. He followed Reno outside and down the street.

"Our suits are custom made to fit." Reno said. "But Rufus doesn't really care if you add some personal touches to your uniform…or if you take some off. I refuse to wear a tie and keep my jacket closed. Too restricting."

Johnny just nodded and followed his superior down the road. When they reached the shop it was just opening. The girl who was opening the store smiled and waved at Reno. He nodded and motioned to the door, which she unlocked.

"Who pays for my suit anyway?" Johnny asked.

"Rufus does." Reno replied, going inside the store.

The brunette's eyes widened. He couldn't believe that. He always had to purchase his Soldier uniform with his own money.

Being a Turks definitely has its advantages…

With that thought in mind Johnny walked into the store. Reno was talking to the female clerk and she was nodding.

"Okay Johnny. Stand right here in front of this mirror and I'll measure you." The girl said.

"Uh sure…what's your name?" The man moved to stand in front of the mirror.

"Jade." The clerk replied, getting her tape measure out and taking Johnny's measurements. "When do you need this suit, Reno?"

"Yesterday." The redhead replied.

"A 'rush-rush' deal, huh?"

"Yeah…"

"Uhm…could you make the sleeves a bit wider so I can roll them up to my elbows easily?" Johnny asked.

"Sure thing." Jade replied. "We're in luck. I have a suit that would almost fit you. All I have to do is take in a few places and fix the sleeves. Your suit should be ready in half an hour."

"Should?" Reno repeated.

"Will." Jade corrected herself, blushing. "It will be ready."

"Good girl." The redhead grinned. "Come along, Johnny. We'll get you some goodies while your suit is being made."

Johnny said goodbye to Jade and followed Reno outside once more.

"Are you better with a handgun or shotgun?" Reno asked as they walked along.

"A handgun." Johnny replied.

"You said you had a sword?"

"Yes."

"And you're good with it?"

"Yes." The brunette repeated with a nod.

"And you also have a holder for it which you can strap to yourself?"

"Yes."

"Good."

A bunch of First Class Soldiers jogged passed Reno and Johnny. They saluted as they ran by.

"We outrank them?" Johnny asked, astonished.

"Johnny…we're the President's thug squad, of course we outrank them. Since all of Rufus' lackeys are MIA or dead the only person who outranks us is the President."

"Wow…"

The redhead laughed at the recruit's amazement and made his way into another shop.

"Hey Leto." Reno grinned. "Got a new Turks here for you to accessorise."

Leto nodded and led the two men into his backroom. He gave Johnny a cell phone, handgun, shoulder holster, lighter, sunglasses, and watch.

"Rufus pays for this too." Reno said, seeing Johnny's wide-eyed expression. "Using the cell phone is easy. To reach Rufus dial '#1', I'm '#2', Rude is '#3', Elena is '#4', and you're '#5'…though I doubt you'll ever need to call yourself. Go on. Pick your gadgets up."

The brunette did so. He looked every piece over twice. "Where am I supposed to put all this?"

"Your custom made jacket has places for all of it." Reno explained, looking at his watch. "Speaking of which…it'll be ready by the time we walk back to Jade's place. Thanks for the hook up, Leto."

Leto nodded and the two men left the store. Johnny was slightly overwhelmed with all the going-ons and he also felt slightly nervous. He didn't really like going out into the field with basically no training. However Reno seemed to have some confidence in him which made the man feel somewhat better.

Just as Reno had said Johnny's suit was ready by the time they walked back to Jade's. The brunette went into a dressing room and put the suit on. He looked himself over in the mirror, rolled his sleeves up, and nodded approvingly. He walked back into the store. Jade grinned and Reno whistled.

"Very sharp. Now come here and I'll show you which pocket holds which tool."

After Reno's tutorial Johnny was almost ready to go. They made a quick stop at home to pick Johnny's sword up. The weapon easily fastened to the brunette's hip so it wasn't in the way of his gun holster. Reno looked the man over once more then nodded.

"Yup. You look like a Turks. Let's get going."

As they were walking to the lift Reno phoned Elena and Rude, telling them to meet him outside Rufus' office.

Something tells me I better get used to walking. The Turks don't seem to use that many vehicles…

The two men boarded the lift and made their way to "Upper-upper-upper" Junon otherwise known as "Presidential Junon" where Rufus' temporary office as located.

"Don't stare." Reno said as the lift slowly made its way up.

"Excuse me?" Johnny asked.

"Don't stare at the President's wounds."

"Oh…"

The elevator came to a stop and the two Turks exited. They waited outside Rufus' office for five minutes before Rude and Elena showed up. Elena raised an eyebrow when she saw Johnny decked out in Turks gear and ready to go.

"Doesn't he have to be trained first?" She asked.

"Rufus pre-empted his training." Reno replied. "This must be an important mission."

Rude held his hand out to Johnny and the brunette shook it.

"My name is Randolph but everyone calls me Rude." The man said.

"My name is Johnny." Johnny replied, shaking Rude's hand.

"Elena." Elena said shortly, briefly shaking Johnny's hand.

Reno smirked. He could tell that Elena was a tad miffed about Johnny's training being pre-empted while she, the former secretary of the President, had to endure every second of the hellish training.

"Okay guys. Are we like ready to go and shit?" Reno asked.

"We're ready." Rude replied.

Reno nodded and led his team into Rufus' office…well actually it was his outer office. The blonde's secretary was sitting at her desk, typing away. She looked up briefly and waved them inside. The Turks made their way into Rufus' actual office to find the President looking out the window. One of his many bodyguards was standing right beside him.

"You made good time, Reno. I'm impressed." Rufus said as his bodyguard wheeled him to face the group. "I must say Mr. Williams you clean up nicely. You look impressive as a Turks."

"Thank-you, sir." Johnny replied. I clean up nicely? Did the President just insult me?

"As you know Palmer turned and ran off with his tail between his legs. What we didn't know until this morning was that he took 3 million gil from my company with him. This…is not acceptable."

Johnny nearly shivered at how cold Rufus' voice had gotten but kept himself composed.

"My spies tell me that Palmer is now living it up in Wutai…using my gil. This is also not acceptable."

"You want us to kill him, right?" Reno asked.

"Precisely. Bring back what is left of my gil as well."

"Yessir." The redhead said, saluting.

The other Turks saluted as well and Rufus smiled in purely wicked delight.

"The Gelnika II will be ready to take you to Wutai in forty minutes."